Complexity
Lilith and Eve had a daughter
They called her gendre
She proclaimed ownership-
Of life, of love, of being,
Of intellect and strength.
She lives in me, confusing you
With her feminine wisdom,
She survives taunts and brickbats
Unapologetically sexual,
Proud to be the other.
She lives within my queerness,
Gently trying to decide for me
The identity that should prevail-
Female, male, somewhere in between?
What desires define me and set me free?
I hate/love her, she disturbs me,
By the enormity of her truth
She encompasses my existence
With her exhausting need to
Metamorphose my essence.
